
Suarez made his perfect KBO league debut. IS photo
LG won the opening 2 consecutive wins. New foreign pitcher Andrew Suarez made a gorgeous soft landing in the KBO League.
LG won a new victory 3-2 in the season’s first confrontation with KT in the 2021 KBO League held at Suwon KT Whiz Park on the 6th. Suarez saved 6 innings without a run-off, and Kim Dae-yu, who got on the mound in the 8th inning tie crisis, caught an important outcount. He also scored two points from KT foreign pitcher Audrey Samer Despine. LG won the NC game on the 4th (2-1 wins) by 1 point in 2 consecutive games.
Suarez lightly blocked the 1st and 2nd episodes. In the first episode, Jo Yong-ho, Hwang Jae-gyun, and Jo Il-lo all dealt with Almonte. Kang Baek-ho, a 4th hitter of KT who faced with the lead batter in the second inning, struck out by inducing a continuous missed swing with a four-seam fastball. He allowed Yuhan-joon to walk, but he induces him to walk in a match against Jangseong.
Meanwhile, the other line scored two points from KT starting pitcher Audrey Samer Despine. Jung Joo-hyun, who came out as the lead batter at the beginning of the 3rd inning, hit a clean right-handed hit, and the follow-up batter Oh Ji-hwan hit a double on the right-hand side, bringing Jung Joo-hyun to the home. Oneself advances to third base. In the second at-bat, the first batter Hong Chang-ki hit the shortstop ground ball and called Oh Ji-hwan.
LG’s hitters couldn’t get a hit from Despine until the 7th inning. However, Suarez maintained the lead with a complete blockade of KT’s other lines. Suarez did not allow two hits in the 5th inning, and gave Jang Seong-woo and Park Gyeong-soo a walk and left-handed hits, respectively, and struck out the assigned team in the first and third base crisis, and passed the conceding crisis again. In the 6th inning, he caught 3 strikeouts and blocked it with a triplex.
LG’s other line scored a meaningful score against KT’s salvation team. Gangnam Yoo, who came out as the lead batter, hit a double in the middle right from KT’s second pitcher Lee Bo-geun, and sent the runner to third base with Jung Joo-hyun’s sacrificial bun. Oh Ji-hwan struck out again by the changed pitcher Cho Hyun-woo, but while KT third baseman Hwang Jae-gyun fumbled and made a mistake in the follow-up of Hong Chang-ki’s ground ball, third base runner Yoo Gang-nam stepped on the home. 3-0 lead.
LG walked on the mound in the 8th inning to Jeong-Yong Lee, who faced him as the lead batter, and gave Cho Yong-ho a double in the middle and gave it one point. In the following circumstances, Hwang Jae-gyun was allowed a Texas hit in the middle right. It was reduced by 1 point again.
However, in this situation, left-handed pitcher Kim Dae-yu climbed the mound and turned off the fire. He faced Almonte and led the shortstop ground ball. 6 (shortstop) -4 (second base) -3 (first base) followed by double play. Maintained the 1 point lead.
Finishing pitcher Ko Woo-seok finished the 9th in no time. All three batters in the center of KT, starting with Baekho Kang, floated. Made a neat victory.
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